Sentence examples for way under pressure from inspiring English sources
The bottom of the pedestal rested upon the square four-inch-high base, of which one side apparently gave way under pressure.
Linney, who played Jim Carrey's wife in "The Truman Show," has a fine straight nose and a cheerful and positive manner, which gives way, under pressure, to bitterly angry impulses.
Roma could not clear Milner's corner and when Edin Dzeko inadvertently headed the ball the wrong way, under pressure from Virgil van Dijk, it was too good an opportunity for Wijnaldum to pass up.
There have been concerns that over time the cement that is used to line the wells may give way under pressure.
Edward L. Bowles, the scientific adviser to the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, was reluctant to part with Ramsey, but gave way under pressure from Groves, Tolman and Bush.
This will usually be obvious, with seriously discolored wood or a surface which is soft and gives way under pressure.
He cites South Africa's exclusion from the global community over apartheid as proof that countries will change their ways under pressure.
But it would be a mistake to conclude that Mr. DeLay, nicknamed the Hammer on Capitol Hill, was in any way buckling under pressure from the mayor, who has complained loudly that Mr. DeLay's policies hurt New York.
The director of the Danish Institute of Human Rights, Dr. LL.M. Jonas Christoffersen, added: "It is a problem for our democracy if people's right to assemble and express themselves freely in this way come under pressure".
I had not dreamed up the way Murdoch, under pressure, would subordinate editorial independence to his other commercial interests, as he did when he secretly transferred the corporate ownership of the Times titles and then suggested I suppress the news in the Times itself.
The home side recovered from a defensive situation to run the ball from underneath their own posts, with Joseph making the initial break, before some brilliant handling allowed centre Eastmond to twist his way over under pressure.
